BTCS Inc, a company focused on blockchain technology - the software that underpins cryptocurrencies - listed on the Nasdaq technology index, says it will be the first to offer investors the option to receive dividends issued in bitcoin. According to Bloomberg, the company, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, said in a statement last...
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US bank, Citigroup threatens to fire unvaccinated workers
Citigroup stresses that it will terminate the contracts of US workers who do not have proof of vaccination against Covid. According to Bloomberg, it is the first major Wall Street institution to strengthen its position on Covid-19 vaccination. Thus, Citigroup has let its US workers know that if they do not...
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Thousands of people need humanitarian aid due to terrorism in Niassa
About three thousand people urgently need humanitarian assistance in Niassa province, following the terrorist invasion that has been registered since the end of last year. The fact is confirmed by the secretary of state of the province, Dinis Vilanculo. The invasion of terrorists in Niassa province has already resulted in deaths and destruction of...
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Belgium and Flanders donate one million doses of vaccine to Mozambique
Mozambique received on Friday 1,209,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated by Belgium and the Government of Flanders under the Covax Initiative. According to a press release from the Embassy of Belgium, an additional offer of 1,188,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be made to the country in the coming weeks through GAVI/Covax. The...
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"Omicron variant should not be classified as mild," - WHO
The multiplication of covid-19 contagions with Omicron is putting the World Health Organization (WHO) on alert and has already led health authorities to issue a warning: the new variant may be milder in symptoms, but no less serious. The WHO reminds us that the speed at which it spreads can...
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Brazil stresses reducing isolation of the infected from 10 to 5 days
Brazil, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, is considering reducing from ten to five days the isolation period for asymptomatic patients with covid-19. According to the Brazilian Health Minister, Marcelo Queiroga, the subject is being studied by the technical area of the folder and informed that he will meet with health secretaries of the...
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South African president insists on amending the constitution to expropriate land
The President of the Republic of South Africa said today that the government will reform the Constitution to allow the expropriation of land without paying compensation to owners, despite the rejection of that reform by parliament in December. According to Lusa quoted by EFE news agency, Cyril Ramaphosa assured that the government will not give up on that reform...
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Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win an Oscar, dies at 94
Sidney Poitier, the renowned Hollywood actor, director and activist has died at the age of 94, his family said Friday. According to VOA, the news was also confirmed to Reuters by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director-general of the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poitier broke racial barriers as the first black Oscar winner of...
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Natural disasters have killed ten people and affected more than 47,000 in the last two months
A report by the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), indicates that at least 10 people have died and another 47,493 have been affected by rains, strong winds and other natural disasters in the country in the current rainy season. "Of the total number of deaths, nine were registered in Zambezia province and 01 in Sofala,...
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Government stresses restoration of "basic services" in areas affected by terrorism
The government of Cabo Delgado considers that the military operations of the forces fighting the armed insurgency are allowing the reestablishment of basic services in points that were under rebel rule. According to the governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, the national forces and their counterparts from the Southern African Development Community countries...